First Circuit· 10/21/1996

Aversa v. United States

Citations

99 F.3d 1200
25 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1033
80 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 5372
1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 27339
1996 WL 593509

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holding that a AUSA’s conduct, while “tortious and contrary to his employer’s policies and rules,” was within the scope of his employment
noting that district court “justifiably could find” that employee intended, “at least in part and although misguidedly, to serve an objective of his employer”
noting that the Department of Justice “reasonably could anticipate that an [Assistant U.S. Attorney] entrusted with [the power to inform the public about arrests, indictments, and convictions] might abuse it”
noting that, after the Ratzlaf 12 opinion. Congress amended 31 U.S.C. § 5324 to remove willfulness as an element of the offense
noting that the “law of respondeat superior of the state in which the incident occurred” governs the analysis
stating that where a third party “refuses to hire the plaintiff solely as a result of the defendant’s defamation, the plaintiff has not described a viable constitutional claim”

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Judges: Lynch, Campbell, Bownes

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Aversa v. United States
First Circuit· 1996-10-21

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